Everything Is Terrible unearths old commercials, movies and fitness videos and recuts
them
— or sometimes posts them in full
— and, despite most of the videos' initial, earnest efforts to be entertaining or
informative, Everything Is Terrible helps all of them
crumble into anachronistic hilarity.

Maybe it's because our city-promotion videos once began with this kind of self-effacement:

"This is another film about a city. Now, you won't see the usual palm trees and sandy
beaches. Or awesome snowy mountain peaks, or tall ships in a busy harbor. You know, all those
things you might see on vacation. You just won't see 'em. No, this film
— this film's about living in a city that's smack-dab in the middle of the state
of Ohio."

Watch the rest:

This video seems to have been made in 1991
— the performance advertised on the Ohio Theatre marquee at 2:17 happened on Feb.
8 and 9, 1991. It's also telling that the Greater Columbus Convention Center, which didn't open
until 1993, is shown only in renderings.